Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] them [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I judge them by their racial characteristics . |
| 2 | If any of our political masters , the faceless bureaucrats , the time-serving , vote-chasing , career politicians who sanctioned this devastation , ever read these lines , then I curse them for their crass stupidity and their wanton rape of my native land . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , no , I like them in their proper places . |
| 4 | I have a pair of brown suede brogues that are really worn and I prefer them in their frazzled state ! |
| 5 | We have enjoyed the loyal and industrious support of our employees throughout and I thank them for their individual contributions to the year 's achievements . ’ |
| 6 | His screams were so terrible that none who ever heard them forgot them till their dying day . |
| 7 | Are you using them to their best advantage ? |
| 8 | ‘ You take men from their homes or their chosen occupations , you confine them in insalubrious conditions upon a wholly inadequate diet , you subject them to the tyranny of bosun 's mates , you expose them to unimagined perils ; what is more , you defraud them of their meagre food , pay and allowances — everything but this sacred rum of yours . |
| 9 | ‘ Not if we challenge them in their own sphere . ’ |
| 10 | We invite you to join us as we join them in their endless search for peace . |
| 11 | Hincmar puts in a significant phrase when he says that the minores who " confirmed " assembly-decisions did so " not because they were forced to do so , but because they understood them in their own minds and agreed with them " . |
| 12 | There is no one right way to behave , but it is clear that teenagers suffer when parents overprotect , as well as when they leave them to their own devices and appear not to care . |
| 13 | Not only was it their first victory since early December but it moved them above their vanquished opponents at the foot of the table . |
| 14 | Ben and his young friends had been told at the start of the meeting to behave themselves and not get in the way of the other archers , so they were not too pleased when he beat them at their own game . |
| 15 | But Lord Justice MacDermott did not impose any conditions when he released them on their own bail of £100 . |
| 16 | Their disruptive behaviour was proving a headache to Mr Jones until he discovered the elephants could be kept at bay if he fed them with their favourite fruit pears . |
| 17 | Now er the Buckingham manager , Phil Lines was manager of Brackley and er apparently , as you 've told me in the past , he guided them to their best ever season . |
| 18 | Yet the citizens clung to their traditional way of life out of custom and love of their cities ; and for the very practical advantage it gave them in their favourite pastime of warfare against their neighbours . |